Monday October 6th, 2025
« I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, »
1 From Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. To those who have obtained a faith that is as valuable as ours, a faith based on the approval that comes from our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
2 May good will and peace fill your lives through your knowledge about Jesus, our God and Lord!
3 God’s divine power has given us everything we need for life and for godliness. This power was given to us through knowledge of the One who called us by His own glory and integrity.
4 Through His glory and integrity He has given us His promises that are of the highest value. Through these promises you will share in the divine nature because you have escaped the corruption that sinful desires cause in the world.
5 Because of this, make every effort to add integrity to your faith; and to integrity add knowledge;
6 to knowledge add self-control; to self-control add endurance; to endurance add godliness;
7 to godliness add Christian affection; and to Christian affection add love.
8 If you have these qualities and they are increasing, it demonstrates that your knowledge about our Lord Jesus Christ is living and productive.
9 If these qualities aren’t present in your life, you’re shortsighted and have forgotten that you were cleansed from your past sins.
10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, use more effort to make God’s calling and choosing of you secure. If you keep doing this, you will never fall away.
11 Then you will also be given the wealth of entering into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
- The call of God is actually a call to God.
Many people think that when God calls them, it is a call to something, whereas it is a call to Him.
When He calls you, He is saying, “Come closer to me”.
In Mark 3:14, the Bible says that the first reason He called the disciples was that they should be with Him.
The call of God is two-fold.
First, He can call you to leave your sinful ways, to leave the kingdom of darkness and come to Him in the Kingdom of light.
This is the call He made in Matthew 11:28CEV
« If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest »
We will focus on this first call today.
This call is the very one that every human being will receive.
When you are in a service and you hear the preacher making the altar call, it is actually God Himself calling out to sinners to leave their sinful ways and come to Him for salvation.
There was a very notorious young man who brought someone to Church with his motorcycle. He waited for a little while outside the Church and listened to the sermon. When the altar call was made he considered surrendering his life to Christ, but then decided against it and zoomed off. Unfortunately, he got involved in an accident later that day and died. If only he had answered the altar call when it was made! Even if he had still died, at least he would have made it to heaven.
God’s call unto salvation is extended to everyone.
He desires to call all sinners out of darkness into His marvellous light.
- He is seeking to make everyone a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation and a peculiar people, 1 Peter 2:9.
Some however, heed God’s call, become saved then start to sin again willfully.
Such people are not fit for the kingdom of God, Luke 9:62, and He has promised to spue such out of His mouth if they do not retrace their steps back to Him, Revelation 3:16.
Application – God’s call to salvation is a call to holiness. If you don’t live holy, you are rejecting the call.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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